Railroad-tie



0. 1. JONES.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION men APR. 1. 1921.

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C. J. JONES.

RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATION FILED APR. I, 192].

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Patented July 5, 1921.

Application filed April 1, 1921. Serial No. 457,715.

To allwhomitmay concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES JAMEs dons, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshall, in the county of Harrison and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Railroad-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway ties and fasteners, and more particularly to a metallic tie and fastener designed to replace the wooden tie now in general use.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a tie of this character having a novel form of securing means for securing a rail thereto, the securing means being of a construction to prevent spreading of the rails sup orted thereby.

A furt er object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be readily and easily positioned, the tie being provided with means to eliminate lateral movement thereof or creeping, when a train is passing thereover.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that chan es in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 illustrates a side elevational view partly broken away, of a tie constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates a perspective view of a tie showing a rail as secured thereto.

Fig. 3 illustrates a perspective view of a tie and rail disclosing a modified form of securing means employed at the adjacent ends of rails. 1

Fig. l illustrates a perspective view of a tie showing a rail as secured, the view being taken from the opposite side of the rail.

Fig. 5 illustrates a sectional view through tie and securing means, on line 5-5 of Fig. 6 illustrates a sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the tie which is formed of metal, includes opposed flanges 5 which extend vertically from the base 6, the base being provided with a plurality of openings 7 to permit rain and moisture to pass therefrom.

Formed integral with the base 6 and extending transversel thereof, are a plurality of ribs 8, which ribs having tapering side edges to permit the same to readily embed themselves in the road bed on which the tie is ositioned.

djacent to the ends of the tie, and formed in the base 6 thereof are suitable openings to accommodate the extensions 9' that are formed integral with the securing means, and which restrict movement of the securing means with respect to the tie.

The securing means includes a body 9 which is of a width equal to the distance between the flanges 5, so that the body may closely fit within the tie in amanner to prevent rattling of the securing means when a train is passing over the rails secured thereby.

Extending laterally from the body 9 and formed integral therewith, are the lugs 10 which are fitted within suitable openings provided in the flanges 5, the openings being of depths so that the upper edges of the lugs are in a plane flush with the upper edges of the-flanges 5 to permit the rail to lie flush on'the upper edges of the flanges.

A curved arm 11 is formed integral with the body 9, therail engaging surface of the arm being of a construction to conform to the curvature of a rail, so that the arm will closely fit the rail to prevent movement thereof, and as shown, the body 9 is provided with openings to accommodate the bolts 12, which cooperate with the arm 11 to secure a rail to the tie.

The bolts have upwardly extending extremities 13. which embrace a portion of a rail base and force therail into'close en gagement with the arm 11, when the nuts 14: operating on the threaded'portions 15 of the bolts, are operated to move the extremities 13 into close engagement with the rail.

The extensions 9' of the blocks are each provided with an opening, the upper edge of which lies in a plane flush with the lower edge of the tie and accommodates a pin 16 which is driven "into the opening and frie tionally engages the lower wall ofthe base 6 of the rail. Thus it will be seen that the securing means is firmly connected with the tie.

In the form of the invention as illustrated observed are of lengths to permit of contraction and expansion of the rails, but restrict such movement if the movement of the rails is beyond a predetermined point.

In view of the foregoing it will be readil seen that in the construction of a track, wherein ties of this character are employed,

it is unnecessary to use a gage in order to aline the rails, since each tie is a gage within itself.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is a 1. In a device of the character described, a metallic tie having openings formed adjacent to the'ends thereof, fasteners comprising body portions associated with the tie, the body portions having extensions positioned within the openings, a curved arm formin a part of each fastening device, said curve arm adapted to embrace a portion of the rail, a bolt passing through each body portion and having a curved extremityembracwith a rail tie'having an opening formed adjacent to each end, fastening devices supported between the flanges and having extensions passing through the openings, each of said extens1ons having an opening, locking pins passin through the openings of the extensions or securing the fastening devices to the tie, and means forming a part of the fastening devices for embracing a portion of a rail for securing the same to the tie.

3'. In a device. of the character described, a metallic tie having opposed flanges, a fastener positioned between the flanges, means for securing the fastener between the flanges, an integral arm forming a part of the fastening member and embracing one portion of the rail, and removable means extending throu h the fastener and contacting or securing the rail against movement in one direction.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature 1n the resence of two witnesses.

HARLES JAMES JONES.

Witnesses:

OSCAR Horn, W. I. F. Russian. 

